Dish-mop.



Patented September 22, 1903:j

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES eENsS TOwNSENn, OE BOLTON, KANSAS.

DISH-MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,747, dated September 22, 190.3.

Application filed January 5, 1903. Serial No. 137,831. (No model.)

To all whom t mtl/y oon/cern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GENsS TOWN- `sEND,`a citizen of the United States, residing at Holton, in the county of Jackson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Dish-Mop, of which the following'ris a specication.

The invention relates to certain improvements in mops, and has for its principal object to provide an improved form'ol mop especially adapted for use in the cleansing of dishes, cooking utensils, and the like, a further Object of the i nvention being to construct a device or this character in which boiling water or strong solutions of lye or other detergents may be employed in the cleansing process without rendering it necessary to wetA the hands either in using the mop or in wringing the mop-cloth after the cleansing operation. A c

A still further object of the invention is to Aprovide a mop-head with improved clamping means for engaging and holding the mopcloth in position, while permitting the use of the device without danger of the clamping jaws or frame coming into contact with the article being washed. A still further object of the invention is to provide a mop-head in which the cloth is engaged at one endby the fixed frame of the mop and at the opposite end by a mop-handle freely movable both circumferentially and longitudinally with respect to the mop-frame proper in Order to permit the wringing of thev mop-cloth and to allow the latter to fall be` low the frame when in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction land arrangement of parts hereinafter departs during the wringing of the mop-cloth. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion ofthe mop-frame.

Similarnnmerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The main frame of the mop-head'is preferably formed of wire of a gage which may vary with the size of the mop and purpose `for which it is intended, and the wire is galj vanized or plated it' formed of a corrosive or oXidizable material. VThe opposite sides of the frame -l are formed ot' a pair of wire strands 2, twisted together for a portion of their length in order to add to the strength of the frame, the lower ends of the wires being separated and serving as clamping-jaws for engagement with one end ot' the mopcloth 3. The jaws are preferably formed of spring-wire, and one of them is provided with a slidable cloth-'engaging bar 4, having eyes or loops 5 at its Opposite ends for engaging Vthe parallel members of the jaw, and over the parallel members of the frame and are thence again turned at a right angle to the first bend and are secured to a slidable sleeve 7 a, Lm ounted on the mop-handle 8. Thesleeve 7a, which is preferably formed of copper, brass, or plated iron, is provided with rings 9, having recessed or outwardly-bent portions 10 for encircling the frame members and conining the same to the collar.A i

The mop-stick is freely movable within the collar and is provided at its lower end with a ferrule or ring 11, and to the end of the handle is secured an elongated loop l5.

At a point immediately above the ferrule is a sleeve lo, and projecting from diametrically opposite points on said sleeve are short bars 17, terminating in loops or eyes 19, which surround the parallel members of the inop- VI oo frame, the whole serving as a lower bearing for the mop-stick and preventing lateral play of the stick and at the same time reducing the strain on the collarto which the upper ends of the frame are secured. The sleeve is held from longitudinal movement in one direction by the ferrule and in the opposite direction by one or more lugs or pins 18, projecting from the face of the mop-stick, so that as the latter is moved vertically the guidingbars and sleeve must move with it.

The mop-cloth should be of suitable fabric and of a size dependent on the purpose intended. The cloth is arranged in the form of a loop of any thickness, one end of the loop passing over the bar at and thence between the end portions of the jaw members, while the opposite end of the loop is engaged in the elongated metallicloop l5, carried by the mophandle.

In using the mop the fingers are engaged with the substantially horizontal portions at the top of the main frame in order to hold the loop at the end of the mop-stick down near thecIamping-jaws, so that the two folds of the cloth shall lie one on each side of the jaws, as shown in Fig. l. When the top is to be dried, the handle is drawn upwardly with one hand while grasping the upper part of frame with the other until the cloth is stretched out to its fullest extent and is then turned in order to twist the cloth in the manner shown in Fig. 2, it being unnecessary to touch the cloth or to wet the fingers -either in using or in wringing the water from the mop.

The device is of such character as to permit the ready cleansing of vessels of any character with scalding-water or with Water containing lye or similar material injurious to the skin and may be employed in the washing of table and kitchen utensils, chamj bers, bath-tubs, and vessels of any character,

dle, a sleeve encircling said handle and provided with guide-bars having terminal eyes in engagement with the frame to thereby form a guide for the lower end of the mophandle, and means for preventing independent longitudinal movement of said sleeve.

2. In a combined mop head and wringerthe frame formed of sections of wire twisted together for a portion of their length and arranged to form mop-cloth-engaging jaws, a cloth-bar carried by one of said jaws for engaging the mop-cloth, a clamping-bar having terminal eyes engaging both jaw members, a collar rigidly secured to the upper ends of the frame,a mop-handle guided withinsaid collar, mop-cloth-engaging means at the lower end of the handle, and a handle-guiding means comprising a sleeve encircling the lower portion of the handle and provided with projecting bars having terminal eyes for engaging the sidesof the frame.

3. In a combined mop head and wringer a frame formed of sections of wire twisted at their upper ends and thence bent inwardly and upwardly, a collar having means for engaging the upper ends of the twisted wire, the lower ends of the wire sections being un- Vtwisted 'and forming a pair of clamping-jaws,

a movable mop-cloth bar carried by one of said jaws and having terminal eyes engaging the parallel bars of thejaw, a movable clamping-bar having terminal eyes engaging both jaw members and adjustableto clamp the jaws on the cloth and cloth-bar, a mop-handle provided at its lower end with a loop-receiving slot,` an elongated loop forming the mop-cloth-engaging means, a ferrule encircling the lower end of the mop-handle and serving to hold the loop in place, a handleguiding means comprising a sleeve encircling the lower portion of the handle and having diametrically opposed projecting bars provided with terminal eyes for engaging the frame, and means for preventing independent longitudinal movement of said sleeve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES eENss TowNsEND.

Witnesses:

W. S. SCNEDER, W. A. THOMPSON.

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